Promised period

Being sent to the hospital overnight by ambulance was the second time Song Ke had experienced in her life, and the last time was also because of Chen Jue.

Fortunately, this time he just overdosed, and was pushed out by doctors and nurses after gastric lavage.Chen Nian and Cheng Yi'an, who were guarding outside, hurriedly surrounded him: "Doctor, how is he?"

This person in front of him is an authority in the courtyard, and he came to work overtime overnight after just one phone call.He took off his glasses wearily: "Without anesthesia, you would wake up soon under normal circumstances. But you are too sloppy, you know his mental state and still stimulate him like this, if you don't make it right, you will die."

The tone was so severe that Chen Nian remained silent, but his eyes couldn't help but look to the other side of the corridor.In the end, the doctor remembered and asked, "I heard that Mr. Chen was also injured. How is it? Are you okay?"

Cheng Yi'an turned his face away without saying a word.Chen Nian's eyes turned red, and he whispered: "It's not a big deal, it's just some skin trauma, the surgeon doctor said it would be fine to rest for a few days."

The other party nodded and left.

"My brother called me at night and said that he was found, and I will take him to see a doctor tomorrow. I thought—"

"You think you think everything is yours. Why didn't you notify me immediately when you found him?" Cheng Yi'an was so angry that he couldn't choose what to say, "You brothers and sisters are equally selfish and self-righteous. I ask you to stay away from Song Ke in the future. Because this kindness is really unbearable!"

Chen Nian didn't put any makeup on his face, and he looked very haggard sitting there without saying a word.

After a while, she wanted to see her brother, and said in a low voice before leaving: "You can think whatever you want, I believe my brother didn't do it on purpose. Just now the medical staff told me that Song Ke was not hurt because of his protection. What hurts."

In exchange, Cheng Yi'an sneered: "So he woke up and didn't even take a look. He was waiting for Song Ke to go over and thank him for saving his life?"

He prides himself on being a scholar, and never does such cynical things.But being forced to this point, when he spoke suddenly, his tongue was so sharp that no one could utter a word of rebuttal.

The air was quiet and stagnant, Chen Nian was carrying the handbag, his knuckles turned white from exertion.It took a while for her to speak, with a rustling voice: "Let's talk after you calm down. I'll go and see my brother first."

He didn't speak, and she left.

There was a soft sound of high-heeled shoes, farther and farther away, lower and lower.Cheng Yi'an didn't raise his head until he was almost out of hearing, and silently glanced at her back, it was very far away, farther than before.

There are still nurses on duty tonight.

One of them came up to meet Chen Nian, before he could speak, he suddenly noticed her red eyes, and couldn't help but be taken aback: "Miss Chen, are you alright?"

She quickly turned her face away, and clenched the bag strap on her shoulder with her right hand: "I'm fine."

"Are you worried about Mr. Chen?" The nurse comforted him professionally, "Don't worry, Mr. Chen is fine. But he asked me to tell you that it's too late today, please come see him tomorrow."

"tomorrow?"

"Yes, that's what Chen always said."

Chen Nian was taken aback for a moment, staring blankly at the door, and slowly retracted the hand that was about to reach out.

Brother rested?

She was a little suspicious, but she just stopped there and didn't open the door to enter.After thinking about it for a while, she decided to drive back to find something to eat, late night snack, bento, anything.The most important people are in this hospital now, what if anyone is hungry?It's never good to have an empty stomach.

Just after leaving the nurse's station, the professor in charge of Chen Jue called her and asked her to come over, and she went.

The old professor was also in charge of Chen Zongyi, so he was an acquaintance of their family.He asked her to sit down and said to her: "Miss Chen, don't be afraid, I have nothing important to invite you tonight, just to let you know."

At this time, Chen Nian was still at a loss.

As a result, Fang Yu spoke earnestly and told her that Chen Jue has been treating amnesia since half a year ago. He has used all available methods and the process is very painful. Unfortunately, there has been no improvement.

"I persuaded Mr. Chen not to be too radical. Being too radical can cause problems, but he didn't listen." The old professor sighed, "The death of his parents was a big blow to him. Don't think he doesn't care on the surface, but in his heart he will. I thought about it. He was afraid that one day he would leave without knowing why, leaving Ms. Chen alone..."

Both parents left suddenly, Chen Jue couldn't be calm in his heart.But he didn't tell Chen Nian or Song Ke about those thoughts in his heart. Sometimes he indulges himself, sometimes he is decadent and lazy, and sometimes he struggles actively. He desperately wants to travel the world and enjoy everything he can enjoy. Remember everything that comes to mind.

What a layman.If Song Ke knew, she would say so.

"You'd better persuade him more at ordinary times, persuade him to be more open, and you can't force anything."

Chen Nian listened in a daze, and only when he walked out of the hospital did he faintly feel like crying.It's not that I'm sad, but I just feel that it's not easy for my brother. After so long, there are many things in my heart, and because I don't understand them, I don't want to tell anyone.I struggled repeatedly by myself, but the result was in vain. I don't know how disappointed I should be.

At the same time, Cheng Yi'an hadn't left yet.

He decided to stay here tonight, otherwise it would be hard to feel at ease.He moved a folding chair and sat beside the hospital bed. At first, he looked at Song Ke quietly, but then he felt sleepy, so he put on his coat and squinted for a while.

It turned out that it was an hour later when I woke up again.

Straightening his sore back, he took a while to put on his glasses, when he inadvertently heard a hoarse voice: "Senior brother." He was really startled.

Only then did he realize that he had woken up.

Song Ke was lying on the hospital bed, except for his pale face, there was nothing abnormal about him, except for his gaze.His eyes were empty, seemingly peaceful, but there was no content when he looked deeply.

Cheng Yi'an felt sour, and pretended to be calm while enduring the pain: "How do you feel, should you call the doctor to come over and take a look."

He shook his head slowly, "Why did I come to the hospital?"

"Can not remember?"

I have a vague memory, but I can't remember clearly.Song Ke felt a pain in her stomach and throat, and couldn't remember why, so she could only look blankly at her senior brother.

As a result, Cheng Yi'an took a deep breath: "You are so stupid that you take the medicine for food. The doctor said that if you didn't find out in time, you would have died."

Who?

me.

"I...how much medicine did I take?"

"At least thirty or so pieces."

Song Ke stared at Cheng Yi'an incredulously, but after a long time, she gently lifted her lips, and said "ah", "It scared you."

His first reaction was not to be afraid, but to comfort others.

"Recently I always forget to take my medicine, maybe I just took a few extra pills at once."

After hearing this, Cheng Yi'an's face changed slightly, and he suddenly got up to pour water.Standing in the corner of the room with his back to the hospital bed like that, the shadow of his tall and thin body was projected on the white wall, making him look slightly hunchbacked.

"I'm sorry, brother." Song Ke tried to open her mouth behind him, "I'm making you sleepless."

Holding the kettle, he didn't turn his body around immediately: "Stop talking, the doctor wants you to rest more."

Song Ke still said, "I'm sorry..."

No longer able to suppress his emotions, he turned around and asked in a calm voice, "I'm sorry for what?"

He had already raised the volume, but when he saw Song Ke lying on the hospital bed like that, he suddenly couldn't catch his breath again.Song Ke was much thinner than before, her eyes were deeply embedded in the big eye sockets, and the back of her hand on the white sheet was bruised and purple from needles.

"You don't need to apologize to me. I have no position to be angry with you. I just feel very chilled." He finally lowered his head, his glasses slipped to the middle of the bridge of his nose, looking nerdy to the point of being almost old-fashioned. I thought there was everything we could talk about between you and me, and there was nothing we couldn't talk about, but I didn't expect you to hide such a big thing from me."

Song Ke probably didn't expect him to think this way, and felt stuck.After a long time, my hands felt cold, and I looked down, it was my brother who brought me a glass of water.

"Do you remember how you persuaded me to come back? You said that no one else could believe you, but you only believed in me, and believed that I was a person with the same goals as you. Actually, I know. You don't mean that I am skilled, but that I am better than you." Everyone else is stupid." Cheng Yi'an smiled wryly, "I am a stupid person, I am stubborn in doing things, and I don't look back when I believe that I hit the south wall. But I don't feel ashamed, when I am with you and Chen Jue I am very satisfied, I have work to do every day, and I can earn money. I only need to study the algorithm well, and I will leave the rest to you, and I believe you will not let me suffer."

He raised his head and looked at Song Ke: "Maybe this is stupid, but I know the meaning of the word friend."

"Brother," Song Ke's voice was completely hoarse, "I have always regarded you as a friend, the most important friend."

"Then why didn't you tell me, why did you keep everything in your heart? Do you know how panicked I was when I received the call today, and I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to think about it for a while—"

But was interrupted: "I won't."

The sound is faint but clear.

Cheng Yi'an froze for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at him.He stayed still for a long time before taking a sip of water, looking at the transparent glass, the water surface in the glass was shaking slightly.

"Will not."

He raised his head and smiled as hard as he could: "I just saw Chen Jue again."

Cheng Yi'an was stunned.

Song Ke was still looking at him, her eyes flickering: "Why do I always see him? Brother, I feel very ashamed, and I will never forget him."

"He always pops up without a word, and the more I want to forget it, the more I can't forget it. I may be a little anxious, I want to get better soon, and never see him again."

Cheng Yi'an had a sore nose: "Don't be stupid, there is no shame in loving someone, do you know that?"

Don't you lose face?Such a cowardly self is really embarrassing.

"You don't have to tell anyone about your condition, it's your right, but you must be responsible for your own body and not do stupid things."

Suddenly I remembered someone who said: "When a person is sick, he has no privacy, no dignity, and is like a walking dead." It turned out to be true.Once a person is sick, even your closest friends will doubt you, suspecting that you will be stupid enough to give up your life.

Song Ke was silent for a moment, and then slowly answered: "I know."

He wouldn't, really wouldn't.No matter what, you have to live well. Ending your life rashly is a kind of denial of the past. Even if you lose a lot of things, there are still many things left, such as childhood, such as those three years.

He and Chen Jue, at least they still have a past.With the past in his pocket, even with nothing in his hands, he is a rich man.

After thinking about it, it will be a lot easier.It was the time when the city was most peaceful and sleeping, and there were still rooms with lights on in the hospital building opposite, and there was only a blur of light in the distance, and it was hard to tell which floor it was.He stared at the night outside the window in a daze, Cheng Yi'an was by his side, and fell asleep again without talking too much.

Slowly the sky is getting brighter.

Chen Nian bought the food, and the nurse was still sitting there.She shared some with them: "It's just a little snack, you can grind your teeth when you're sleepy. Also, please help me take this bag to the patient named Song over there, and tell them that I've gone back, so please rest assured."

The nurse took it over and thanked her. She turned and walked towards the ward, but was stopped hesitantly: "Miss Chen, Mr. Chen has confessed..."

"I know," she said, "one look and I'll go without waking him."

Seeing that she couldn't stop her, the nurse had no choice but to let her in.

This is the largest ward in the entire hospital, with a bedroom, a bathroom, and even a small balcony.Chen Nian didn't turn on the light after entering, took off his high heels, put down the food bag, and walked in lightly.

As a result, there was no one on the bed.

"elder brother?"

I don't know why, but my heart hangs.

In the dark, she groped all over the room, and in a moment of urgency, she couldn't figure out where the light was, and her calf bumped against the side of the bed so badly that it hurt.But because of this, he noticed the outline behind the curtain and noticed that there were people on the balcony.

Opening the thick velvet curtains, I saw Chen Jue through the floor-to-ceiling windows.He was sitting outside in thin clothes, with his head tilted, the blood behind his ears hadn't been wiped off, the ground was full of smoked cigarette butts, and he didn't move for a long while.

She was so frightened inside that she shivered before pushing the sliding door open: "Brother——"

She threw herself on her brother's lap and looked up.After a long time, Chen Jue opened his eyes and looked at her. His eyes were tired and there was a faint light in his eyes.

She held his left hand carefully, feeling that her brother's palm was still as warm and strong as before, felt the pulse of the blood vessels in his wrist, and her heart was pounding.She watched her brother raise his right hand, the smoke between his fingers had long since burned out, and his fingers were burnt yellow and black.

"Brother, go in, it's so cold outside."

In front of her brother, she was like a little chick, huddled in the darkness, in the shell, in the nest built by the branches, her whole body shrunk into a small ball.

She was afraid because there was nothing left to lose.

Chen Jue struggled to sit up, looking very dazed and tired, and pinched his nose tightly with his right hand, "What time is it? Are parents back yet?"

"elder brother……"

The answer is irrelevant, and I can't say anything else.

He raised his hand and stroked her hair as usual. Suddenly, he seemed to realize something, looked down at her, and asked her, "When did you cut your hair?"

A year ago, Chen Nian had long hair reaching to his chest, but now it is just past his shoulders.

She knelt on the ground, her knees were icy cold, and there was only fear in her heart.

But Chen Jue seemed to have remembered the answer.He stood up on the edge of the chair, shaking his body, and walked back to the room with difficulty.Chen Nian wanted to help at first, but he stretched out his hand but was pushed away by him: "I can do it myself."

Indeed, the injury was not serious, and he could even shake the bed flat by himself.Chen Nian poured him a glass of water, and he fell to pieces with a "bang", the warm water splashed everywhere, and a few drops even splashed on his face, gradually turning cold.

He lifted the quilt and lay down, facing the wall sideways, and soon fell asleep, with memories flooding in like a flood.

I remembered everything.

Recalling that year before leaving for Song Ke's house, she made a phone call and said, "Mom, I won't be at home for the New Year today, so take care of my dad for me." The stepmother said, how can this be done?There is no child who is not at home for the New Year, and you are not still studying abroad, so there is no legitimate reason to see your father not beat you.He smiled and replied: "Yes, there is a legitimate reason, I am busy with my life's major affairs."

Just like this, I went to a strange place alone to celebrate the New Year, and when I came back, I reported to my mother: "It's done."

"When will you bring it back and show it to your family?"

"It will take a while. I managed to coax it into my hand. Don't be reckless. If I scare someone away, where can I find it?"

Protected like a sweetheart, until the last day I can remember.

He had a splitting headache, suffered from hysteria in the middle of the night, and broke out in cold sweat intermittently. He muttered to his mother, father, and sister, "I was wrong, I was wrong..." Chen Nian was going to call the doctor , but he grasped her hand tightly and frowned tightly, there were big beads of sweat between the brows.

She had no choice but to hold his hand by the hospital bed, responding with difficulty and difficulty, not daring to stop for a moment, whispering like a dream.

She said: "Brother, I was wrong, I'm sorry."

He also said: "Mom's death was completely accidental, don't blame yourself. You were in a coma for several days and nights, and you forgot all about it when you woke up. This shows that God doesn't want you to bear this burden of thought. Brother, you have to listen to me, Don't take everything on yourself, live a good life, really, really, my mother never blamed you, she has always loved you the most, and you have always been her pride."

The moisture in the corners of his eyes was vague and faint, but the expression of remorse was so clear, so clear that it was like some kind of brand mark, which would never disappear again.

Looking at his appearance, Chen Nian suddenly remembered playing hide-and-seek when he was a child. His brother hid in the cabinet, and when she panicked, he jumped out and shouted at her, "King of the jungle!"

She was so silly and cute, and so annoyingly bad, that she was so scared that she burst into tears.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, brother will braid your hair."

She cried harder because her brother was clumsy and always had ugly shofar braids.But in the end, he was allowed to comb through it, because my brother insisted.

Finally, she went out to play with her disheveled chicken coop on her head, and as expected, someone pointed at her and laughed quietly while walking on the street.She was terribly aggrieved, and scolded him when she went back: "Look at you piercing me! It's so ugly."

My brother didn't feel sorry at all.

He smiled mischievously, stretched out his hand to stroke her head, and said succinctly that ugly ducklings only need good hairstyles, and white swans like my sister don't need it.Coaxing her so flatteredly, with blissful bubbles popping up in her head, she raised her face and asked, "Really?"

"Of course, Miss Swan."

After a long period of time, this title became Chen Nian's nickname, and it was not until she became an adult that she gradually disappeared at home.Like this nickname, the funny and talkative elder brother gradually disappeared at home.